Ep. 07: Dining in the Age of Data Mining

<p dir="auto">Food makes the world go round - with apologies to Shakespeare! And what makes food so irresistible are ingredients - which can be broken down into the flavour components that build the dish. A simple tempering of spices in our home kitchens inform the flavour bombs of a dish. This process is researched and replicated on an industrial scale by flavour companies across the world, who have to get the recipe exactly right to create the perfect food product. In the alternative protein sector, as companies seek to bio-mimic meat with plant based or cultivated meat, flavours and fragrances are a crucial piece of the puzzle. On this episode of Feeding 10 Billion, we talk to Dr Ganesh Bagler, associate professor at IIIT Delhi and a pioneer in the exciting field of computational gastronomy. His work applying machine learning and artificial intelligence to culinary data on flavours, has created a wealth of insights on food - including a recipe index with more than 118,000 thousand recipes from across the world! Tune in for insights about what makes Indian food so unique, why seafood is an open frontier, and the work still needed to unlock the science of food.</p> <p dir="auto">SHOW NOTES:<br /> If you want to hear from speakers like Ganesh Bagler, register for our <a href="https://www.futureofprotein.in/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Future of Protein Summit</strong> </a>being held in New Delhi on November 11 & 12th!</p> <p dir="auto"><a href="https://www.iiitd.ac.in/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>IIIT DELHI</strong></a> : The Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, Delhi, is research-oriented state university focused on computer science and related areas.</p> <p dir="auto"><a href="https://cosylab.iiitd.edu.in/flavordb/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>FlavorDB</strong></a> : This is a database created by the complex systems lab at IIIT Delhi. It comprises of 25,595 flavor molecules representing an array of tastes and odors. It is intended to facilitate an exploration of f